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Vrahno β€” Work in Progress 3D Slizer

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Description I looked into the magical contraption known as Blender, and began testing my nonexistent 3D skills. After six days of tedious modeling, rigging, posing, and other things I lack the understanding to name, this is the result.

I tried to adjust the colors and shading to make it look better in this image, but I'm such a beginner, it took me almost an hour to achieve a look that can be shared.

As easy to use this Blender is, it's immensely difficult to use correctly. But what am I expecting after only a week of experience? I have one year to get the hang of it, hopefully I will.
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cirnonekomon [2012-08-28 21:19:05 +0000 UTC]

I think Blender is Awesome!

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Vrahno In reply to cirnonekomon [2012-08-29 19:07:18 +0000 UTC]

It is, once you get to know it well enough.

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Van-Guard [2011-05-28 03:01:10 +0000 UTC]

Ah, blender. I've heard some very good things about that. Nice.

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mudwire [2011-01-30 13:39:20 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! it's hard to find slizer stuff on DA.

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cutemute34 In reply to mudwire [2011-03-07 01:54:17 +0000 UTC]

hopefully this will make it easier: [link]

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Draakoraith [2010-11-23 16:27:57 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing! Enough said there

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cutemute34 [2010-11-14 21:38:41 +0000 UTC]

I know I should know what that is, but somehow I don't. Slizers?

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Vrahno In reply to cutemute34 [2010-11-14 23:36:58 +0000 UTC]

The ancestors of Bionicle. Known as Throwbots in the US.

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cutemute34 In reply to Vrahno [2010-11-15 01:59:09 +0000 UTC]

hmm.

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Terrichance [2010-10-16 07:10:14 +0000 UTC]

For six days in a program as 'robust' as Blender, this is pretty gosh-darned good. Plus you've learned Rigging? I've managed to model things in 3Ds Max, but Rigging is as of yet, beyond me.

Hoping to see some more stuff like this! Keep at it!

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Vrahno In reply to Terrichance [2010-10-16 11:43:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Rigging was indeed a hard task. I don't even know how many times I had to start over. And to make matters worse, I'm already forgetting how it's done! :S

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Terrichance In reply to Vrahno [2010-10-17 01:08:53 +0000 UTC]

Repetition repetition repetition! Make a few more figures and get them rigged up, the knowledge is more likely to stay when you do it more often. Plus you'll have the chance to experiment and streamline the process the more you do it. So don't lose it! Use it!

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Vrahno In reply to Terrichance [2010-10-17 15:36:37 +0000 UTC]

Not to worry, I'm working on it. My second attempt will surely roll much smoother.

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MikeOrion [2010-09-18 09:16:01 +0000 UTC]

what was teh process for this ? did you make the pieces individual objects?

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Vrahno In reply to MikeOrion [2010-09-18 11:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Pretty much, and later joined them all into one piece.

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Tayanacon [2010-09-12 00:32:22 +0000 UTC]

God DAMN. You achieved that in 6 days of working with Blender? I can't figure out Blender to save my life, ever.

I have 3D Studio Max, but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to use it.

Props, man, your desire to make awesome 3D models far exceeds mine. xD

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Vrahno In reply to Tayanacon [2010-09-12 17:35:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. And you're right about that, it FAR exceeds it... that's why I'm afraid I'm jumping into something that's way out of my league.

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Tayanacon In reply to Vrahno [2010-09-15 02:20:31 +0000 UTC]

Well you sure as hell made some attractive results for wrassling something that's way out of your league. xD

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Vrahno In reply to Tayanacon [2010-09-15 10:38:42 +0000 UTC]

If you day so.

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Tayanacon In reply to Vrahno [2010-10-08 00:40:03 +0000 UTC]

I do day so.

;D

Couldn't let it go... could I? xD

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KrytenMarkGen-0 [2010-09-05 11:41:03 +0000 UTC]

YES! OH YES! WOOHOO! -coughs- Sorry! Homer Simpson moment there!
I love your 3D Slizer so far mate! He is SO awesome!
10/10!

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JarODragon [2010-09-05 07:16:44 +0000 UTC]

Hah, wow! XD This is immensely tons better than MY first completed mesh. You certainly did a much better job than I did. :3 (Mine was a simple gingerbread man. XD) Haven't been working on that program for a while now....
I have found Blender to be furstrating as well, but truly enough, for a free program it's a very, very powerful rendering program.
By the way, how did you do the shapes of the individual pieces? Moved the vertices individually, subdivision? And I'm guessing that you used bones as well.
Anyway, incredible work for a 'beginner'. :3

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Vrahno In reply to JarODragon [2010-09-05 17:41:22 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I subdivided, extruded, scaled and moved vertices, edges and faces all over the place to achieve the effect. And of course, bones came in handy too, but you have no idea how long it took me to figure the whole posing gig out.

Thanks, though, glad you like it.

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JarODragon In reply to Vrahno [2010-09-06 11:20:39 +0000 UTC]

Okay, I think I missed mentioning a couple steps there. XD But I understand what you're talking about. Doing it all by hand is a pain. ><"
I guess I can imagine the length of time. XD

Welcome!

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cutemute34 In reply to JarODragon [2011-03-07 01:50:49 +0000 UTC]

I have blender now, but I'm even more clueless. bones? rigging? help?

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JarODragon In reply to cutemute34 [2011-03-07 08:30:00 +0000 UTC]

Bones and rigging are just literally the pieces that make your still figure (which, proffessionally, (and if it's a upright standing character) is usually in a 'T' position) 'pose'. If you've only just got the grogram I suggest you don't worry about it until much later. Focus first on meshing, texturing and such before going to posing and animating.

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cutemute34 In reply to JarODragon [2011-03-08 00:17:08 +0000 UTC]

meshing and texturing? All I know is how to make new squares show up. Yes, I suck.

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JarODragon In reply to cutemute34 [2011-03-08 06:28:27 +0000 UTC]

Everyone starts somewhere. I started that way too. (And I haven't gotten much better, to be honest.) Don't worry, with practice you'll certainly improve.

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cutemute34 In reply to JarODragon [2011-03-08 21:09:55 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, thanks! Maybe I should take a page out of vrahno's book with those tutorials!

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Plague-Doc-Matteo [2010-09-05 02:19:12 +0000 UTC]

Hey man this is great for a first try. We've all gotta start somewhere and this is a good start. I see you've beefed it up with some bionicle like elements as well. Nice job there. WHy do you only have a year to get the hang of the program though?

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Vrahno In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2010-09-05 17:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Because I'm taking a year off from schoolwork, and I'd like to spend the time learning something I'm actually interested in.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Vrahno [2010-09-05 19:56:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh I see. Cool. So are you in college and are taking a year off? What else kind of school is there that you can do that? I guess I'm taking an extended break from school. Or your could just say I dropped out cause of financial issues. Not to mention it crowded and hard to get the proper classes. I'm kinda glad to give my spot up in a class room for someone serious about being there.

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Vrahno In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2010-09-05 20:47:02 +0000 UTC]

Similar. I "chickened out" almost at the last minute. Would've gone to a university to study engineering and all kinds of related subjects, but these leave me cold, and it would have been pointless to spend a year learning them. There were also other factors (money, shuttling, my APD), but this is the main reason.

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Plague-Doc-Matteo In reply to Vrahno [2010-09-06 04:09:41 +0000 UTC]

well now I really feel lame. I dropped out of a Jr. College I wasn't even going to a university. I don't get that option I'm not smart enough to get a scholarship(maybe financial aid if I were lucky) and I'm not rich enough just to go on my own. I didn't want to go to college anyways. I'd like to just get a job and spend my effort, time and money pursuing my music interests(i.e taking lessons to get better than I already am, buying music equipment and recording gear, possibly putting a band together and following that course) but I can't find a job and apparently no one else my age around here can either.

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Vrahno In reply to Plague-Doc-Matteo [2010-09-07 15:26:43 +0000 UTC]

At least you know what you're interested in. I on the other hand have no idea what kind of profession I should seek. Nor, for that matter, whether there's any opportunity to pursue it near my place.

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Jetstorm-360 [2010-09-05 01:19:47 +0000 UTC]

Ok, that's awesome.
Even in 3D, you still manage to smoothly incorporate organic details, in mechanically advanced objects. Sir, I applaud you.

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h2otothe650 [2010-09-04 23:46:55 +0000 UTC]

wow epic dude

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h2otothe650 In reply to h2otothe650 [2010-09-04 23:49:01 +0000 UTC]

hey vrahno are you Viktor-24 on brickshelf? cuz i saw this on BS

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zakitano [2010-09-04 23:41:29 +0000 UTC]

At least you're better than me. XD

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Mate397 [2010-09-04 23:31:08 +0000 UTC]

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The-HT-Wacom-Man [2010-09-04 23:14:20 +0000 UTC]

That is amazing! Love the uniqueness in the design from it's counterpart.
So which Slizer is it anyways?

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Vrahno In reply to The-HT-Wacom-Man [2010-09-04 23:44:05 +0000 UTC]

It started out as Spark, but I realized his arms are the other way around, and I couldn't change them. So think of it as a generic, nameless Slizer.

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Darksorm [2010-09-04 22:47:37 +0000 UTC]

Lol blender. I got that and looked at it. After 5 minutes of staring I realized I had no idea what any of the buttons on the screen did and after clicking them nothing changed. Also, their tutorial was a book you had to buy, but the software is free >.>
Nice work on the pic, though.

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Vrahno In reply to Darksorm [2010-09-04 23:42:51 +0000 UTC]

I almost did the same. I had to browse through tons of free tutorials to know just where to start, but they all explain things differently. I ended up learning a lot through the old-fashioned method of trial and error. Even so, whenever I encountered a problem, my progress immediately stopped for a few hours, until I gathered spirit to have another go.

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Darksorm In reply to Vrahno [2010-09-05 02:26:42 +0000 UTC]

yeah. I'm having trouble in borderlands (stared again with dif char) and god damn mordaci's hawk won't go AROUND walls, he'll just smash into them and fly around in little circles...

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NickOnPlanetRipple [2010-09-04 22:34:11 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting... All these little shapes resemble your drawings to some extent. So, is the program overwhelmingly tedious, or is it rewarding?

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Vrahno In reply to NickOnPlanetRipple [2010-09-04 23:39:01 +0000 UTC]

It's hard to get the feel of, since even the most basic commands are different from what most of us are used to (like, for instance, the right mouse button is used for selecting), and there are tremendous amounts of buttons. I wouldn't say it's overwhelmingly tedious, but tedious nonetheless, just like any complicated software you're not familiar with.

I think its most important asset is that it's free. Doesn't mean it's easy to use.

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